I THREW AWAY MY REAL TOOTHBRUSH. by Kyle Estes [1]

About nine months ago I had six cavities in my mouth. Whenever I had hot, cold, sweet, or salty food, I felt excruciating pain deep in the roots of my infected teeth. As a firm believer in natural medicine, the last thing I wanted to do was go to a dentist and pay thousands of dollars to have my teeth drilled and filled with toxic metal. So for about a month I was stressing pretty hard over the health of my teeth. Then, out of the blue one day, I mentioned my cavity dilemma to a very health conscious friend of mine, who upon my mentioning reached into his pocket and pulled out what appeared to be a small wooden stick. “Have you ever cleaned your teeth with licorice root?”he questioned.

 

Never even heard of it. My buddy then went on to display how to turn this natural gem into a toothbrush, which is instinctively easy. I would later discover through the almighty Internet that licorice root is an antibacterial herb; which also reduces plaque and has anti-cavity functions. In addition, licorice root also has teeth whitening properties. This little stick is an overall gift to the human species from Mother Nature herself.

For more of this story visit: http://passittotheleft.org/2012/01/16/i-threw-away-my-real-toothbrush/ [2]